I was in for quite a shocker when I returned from New York City yesterday! It was in the 60s and 70s while I was in New York City and I came back to 30s in Iowa!!! Now snow!!! Not my idea of great weather to come home to but oh well. I am not a fan of cold weather, although I do appreciate fall. But I think we may have skipped fall and are headed right to winter. YUCK! Sorry those of you who are snowmobile fans. :) This cold weather brings me to a quick comment on attire for recess. It is cold, as we know, and students should assume they are going outside for recess unless it is raining or gets below 0. I had some students who were freezing today at recess asking for hats and mittens. I, not ready for winter either, had nothing extra for them. Please be sure that your child comes to school dressed for recess appropriately! Hats and mittens can always be taken off so it is better to be safe than sorry. Many students are outside before school, and it is much colder at this time. I suggest you send hats and mittens with extra layers (sweatshirts under coats) for added warmth while we endure this cold October and months to come.
Many people have asked how my trip to New York City was and it was fabulous!!!! I was confident that everything would go alright while I was gone, and it did, for the most part. The students were well behaved, polite, and had some fun with the Fall Fitness walk last Friday and Homecoming events. I was pleased to come back to positive comments from my sub. Way to go 3B!
Hopefully your child brought his/her new "Reading Calendar" home last week. This calendar is replacing the traditional "Book It" that has been done in the past sponsored by Pizza Hut. This year, students who reach their goal, which is written on the calendar, will receive a coupon for a free slice of pizza from Casey's. Each month from October thru March or April, a new calendar will be sent home. Record the amount of time your child reads and return the calendar at the end of the month. If he/she has reached or surpassed his/her goal, he/she will get a coupon for that month. At the end of March or April, all students who returned AND reached their goal EACH month will get a pizza party supplied by me, Mrs. Kerian. I am not requiring students to participate, but we all know how important reading at home is so I am expecting all to participate. So. . .get reading!!!
I still have one child who was gone all last week who needs to take the Unit 1 assessment test for math. Hopefully we can get that done in the next few days and I will be sending your child's unit 1 assessments home for you to see. We are currently working on adding and subtracting. It is vital that the students know their basic facts (both addition and subtraction) as we do not spend a lot of time on basic facts but jump right into adding and subtracting larger numbers. Knowing the basic facts will help out with these larger problems. I would appreciate you working with your child reviewing his/her basic facts at home if you have time. I also have many links on my web page that list some sites to go to for your child to work on facts by themselves during their free time. You will also notice that I will be sending more Home Links home with this chapter than I had in chapter 2. Please help your child build his/her responsibility by reminding them to complete their Home Links and return them. Thanks!
Book orders will hopefully be here this week. I sent them out a week after I received them so they should be here soon. I apologize for any inconvenience and not getting them out sooner. The students are anxiously waiting for them - as am I!!!!
I also want to apologize for not sending home your child's word study list to prepare for last week. I had them in the basket to go home with students but my substitute didn't think they should go home. Miscommunication. So I apologize. Look for this week's words, with /ar/ to be coming home tomorrow.
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